A Location SystemA Location System is a set of operating locations joined together to form a hierarchy or a network. More is a set of operating locationsA location with a location type of OPERATING. More joined together to form a hierarchy or a network. The locationsA physical place where assets exist and where work can be performed. More must always exist in the same site, and one location system of each site must be marked as the Primary system.

A location in a network system may have multiple parents, in a hierarchy there must be just one parent, except for the location at the top of the hierarchy. Locations of type OPERATING can be added to multiple hierarchies and multiple network systems. Locations with other location typesThere are eight location types of which the most common one is an Operating Location. More cannot be added to a location system.

Often there is only one Location System which is known as the Primary Hierarchy (a shorter term than the Primary Location HierarchyA hierarchy of Operating Locations that is the primary system used for drilldown purposes. More).